Gareth Hale

Hale and his comedy partner are both former teachers. Their comedy partnership fronted several television programmes, most notably Hale and Pace (1988–1998), Pushing Up Daisies (1984), h&p@bbc (1999) and Jobs for the Boys (1997). They made a guest appearance together in Survival, a 1989 Doctor Who serial.

Hale was a regular on the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs, playing Doug MacKenzie (2003–2005) and appeared in the 2004 "Parenthood" episode of the medical drama series Casualty as a parent of a child with Down syndrome. In 2007 Hale and Pace appeared in the Christmas special of Extras, called "The Extra Special Series Finale", playing themselves.[1] In 2008, Hale joined the cast of The Royal in the role of the head porter,[2] and in late 2009 he played Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.[3]

In 2015 Hale appeared as Commissioner Busby in the BBC TV series Father Brown (episode 3.15 "The Owl of Minerva"). In April 2015 Hale provided the station voice for Sam FM, a music based radio station covering Southern England.[4] In 2015 he made a guest appearance as Teddy Arseholes in an episode of the BBC comedy series Cradle to Grave based on the autobiography of Danny Baker, Going to Sea in a Sieve.[5] In 2018 Hale appeared in the comedy TV series Benidorm with Norman Pace. In 2021, Hale played Grandpa Maury in Nickelodeon series Goldie's Oldies.

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